Cloudflare malware warning shown for a website with no detected infection

Question

Visitors opening our website, pvamarkets[.]com, in Microsoft Edge see a Cloudflare “Suspected Malware” warning.

We checked the server files, database, logs, cron jobs, and file-delivery system. We found no malware, executable files, unauthorized code, or signs of compromise.

Could Microsoft Defender SmartScreen or Edge reputation data cause this warning? How can a website owner check the domain status and request a review?

Answer 1

Hi PVA Markets,

I understand why this would be concerning, especially since you have already checked the website and found no signs of malware or unauthorized activity.

To help determine whether this is specifically related to Microsoft Edge, could you please confirm the following?

• Does the same warning appear when the website is opened in another browser, such as Chrome or Firefox?
• Does it also appear on another device or network?
• Is the warning shown only for the main domain, or also for specific pages or subdomains?
• If you temporarily turn off Microsoft Defender SmartScreen in Edge, does the same Cloudflare-branded warning still appear?

The screenshot shows a Cloudflare-branded “Suspected Malware” page, rather than the standard Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warning page. Therefore, seeing it in Edge alone does not necessarily mean that Edge or SmartScreen generated the warning.

If the warning appears across different browsers, it suggests that the page is being served by Cloudflare or another website-level security service. If it appears only in Edge and disappears when SmartScreen is disabled, that would help narrow the issue down to Edge or SmartScreen.

Please turn SmartScreen back on immediately after testing, as it helps protect against phishing and malicious websites. It also advises that a site believed to be incorrectly flagged can be reported as safe directly from a genuine SmartScreen warning page. Thank you so much for your understanding.     

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Answer 2

I see that you already on July 25, 2026 posted this thread in the Coudflare community:
https://community.cloudflare.com/t/false-positive-suspected-malware-warning/942728